Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] World's Smallest Submarine?

["Thomas A. Rowe" <doc@bionicdolphin.com>]

Hi Pat,

 I'll ask some of my dragboat buddies if they have one laying around,
otherwise you can keep an eye on the boneyard news,
<http://www.barnstormers.com/ABC/ABC9900/gd9900.html >
 Sometimes you can find a reject from TexStar, the OEM for
F-16 bubbles.

And for Phil, boy oh boy, you're sure not kidding about "I always have
to use my own nickels when it comes to way-out stuff- Rats!!" and
double Rats!!

Doc

Captain Nemo wrote:

> Hi Doc,
>
> The one we never got to see was DEEP FLYER, and I think it might be
> different from DEEP FLIGHT.  Thanks anyway for the link, though.
>
> The canopies we were speaking of are on a new dry sub design called DEEP
> RANGER.  Really looks like the old REEF RANGER wetsub.  Actually, we were
> exercising a little literary license comparing it to an F-16 canopy.
>
> Hey, I really really like your Dolphin.
>
> Know what you mean about "fast trans-surface adrenaline toys'.  I've got a
> steel teardrop hull downstairs that's earmarked for a high-speed
> shallow-depth submersible; any chance you can help me get ahold of a jet
> canopy or something on that order?  I want to buy  something that's
> transparent, but not flat or hemispherical: streamlining is important.
>
> Pat
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas A. Rowe" <doc@bionicdolphin.com>
> To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 6:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] World's Smallest Submarine?
>
> > Hi Pat
> >
> >  You can find a picture of Graham's Deep Flight if that's the one you're
> > looking
> > for at http://www.deepflight.com/subs/index.htm
> >
> >  The F-16 canopies we have been using are rather tricky to seal. We
> finally
> > ended
> > up with overlapping seams and pneumatic seals. Although the F-16 is in the
> > neighborhood
> > of 3/4 of an inch thick it is made up in a sandwich of 5 layers, the
> center and
> > thickest layer
> > is polycarbonate, which is great for impact resistance but lousy for
> pressure
> > resistance.
> >  Since we are building very fast trans. surface adrenaline toys right now
> the
> > impact resistance
> > has been our #1 priority. The visibility in these big asymmetrical bubbles
> is
> > just too cool!
> >
> > Doc
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